Hanoi calls for investment in 12 start-up IT projects

​Hanoi (VNA) – Hanoi’s Department of Information
and Communications on August 18 organised an investment promotion conference to
call for investment in 12 start-up projects under the Hanoi Innovative Business
Incubator of Information Technology.

According to head of the incubator’s management board Vu Tan
Cuong, the 12 projects underwent three rounds of selection by the incubator’s
advisory council.

Among them, the projects on information technology
application in classifying rubbish, easy-learning application, and an
e-commerce platform of online retail agents received investors’ attention.

Director of the municipal Department of Information and
Communications Phan Lan Tu said that through this conference, her department
wants to promote start-up ideas.

Within the framework of the event, the Hanoi Innovative
Business Incubator of Information Technology signed a cooperation agreement
with the Hewlett Packard Vietnam Information Technology and Software Limited
Company. Under the document, the company will support Hanoi’s start-up
ecosystem.-VNA